In sports, you can select “find a team” and then pick the San Francisco 49ers or Golden State Warriors. For example, you could just follow “technology” but you could also pick a subtopic such as “drones,” “wearable tech” or “virtual reality.” But in a new version for the iPhone, Android and the web, released on Wednesday, the app now allows even greater customization.Īs before, you can select topics, but now you can also select subtopics for a more granular selection. Maybe I’m a dying breed, but I still prefer to read my news on a computer screen if one is handy.įlipboard has long allowed users to customize the content of their online magazines –- picking from different publications and blogs along with specific topics of interest like technology or photography. Still, I also give Flipboard credit for having a robust website as well. It’s so good, some publications have built Flipboard’s display technology into their own apps to make reading more pleasant. It takes full advantage of the way smartphones and tablets can display pages by allowing you to “flip” from one page to another.
Lots of apps try to mimic the layout of glossy magazines, but Flipboard has always been far more than just an attempt to be as good as a print magazine. In other words, Flipboard becomes more than just a place to see the news, but also a place to keep up with social networks, all from the same app.Flipboard, an app for iOS, Android and the web, has long been one of my favorite ways to read online news, mainly because of the way it displays stories. You'll also see posts from your friends on Facebook, with their included vacation photo as an example. What makes it a great experience is that you'll see the tweet and an associated image on the same screen, and you can do things like reply to a tweet, favorite or retweet straight from the app without going to Twitter. Flipboard lets you connect your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram accounts and then displays posts, tweets and images along with the stories from your regular news sources.
In addition to reading the headlines and stories from your chosen news sources, you also can browse social networks, and it's often a better experience than going to the dedicated sites. Clicking the Smartphones button will add it to your list of topics so you'll get more stories about smartphones in the future. As an example you might be reading a story about Android phones, but it might be under the Smartphones topic.
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